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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I think the military people are not using the term "kidnap" in the sense of "Sorry we kidnapped you"; I think they meant it in the sense of "We took you into custody when some Northern Alliance fighters swore on a stack of Qur'ans that you were a resistance fighter --- keep in mind here that you were a little beat up and wearing a black hood at the time, honest mistake --- and we gave them a check in accordance with our standard reward policy, but it turns out you were merely bonking the wrong chieftan's sister or something and, oh well, long story short, we're out a bunch of reward money and here's your plane ticket; and --- funny story here --- some other time we'll tell you about the unfortunate resonance this has with the way the U.S. obtained large portions of its population of African descent; and we certainly hope there won't be any diplomatic incidents arising from this, which could be messy for everyone involved, right?"
But all I know is what I read in the weblogs.
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This is truly nauseating and my deepest sympathies go out to those individuals affect. However, what was the fucking alternative?
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